fungiculture

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In addition, refuse dumps also provide important nutrient reservoirs for surrounding plant and animal communities Thus, the leaf-cutter ant garden and dump system represents a plant-based biomass degradation gradient, where the flow of plant-derived nutrients is mediated by fungiculture and waste management.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010
These results thus suggest that resident communities are shaped by the plant degradation gradient created by ant behavior, specifically their fungiculture and waste management.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010